Revisiting the quantum Szilard engine with fully quantum considerations

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2012.08.008zbMATH Open1260.81033arXiv1208.3985OpenAlexW3101289655MaRDI QIDQ1933574FDOQ1933574

Authors: Yanyan Li 

Publication date: 24 January 2013

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: By considering level shifting during the insertion process we revisit the quantum Szilard engine (QSZE) with fully quantum consideration. We derive the general expressions of the heat absorbed from thermal bath and the total work done to the environment by the system in a cycle with two different cyclic strategies. We find that only the quantum information contributes to the absorbed heat, and the classical information acts like a feedback controller and has no direct effect on the absorbed heat. This is the first demonstration of the different effects of quantum information and classical information for extracting heat from the bath in the QSZE. Moreover, when the well width $Lightarrowinfty$ or the temperature of the bath $Tightarrowinfty$ the QSZE reduces to the classical Szilard engine (CSZE), and the total work satisfies the relation $W_{mathtttot}=k_{B}Tmathttln2$ as obtained by Sang Wook Kim et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 070401 (2011)] for one particle case.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.3985

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zbMATH Keywords

measurementquantum informationenergy level shiftsquantum Szilard engine

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45)

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